PLP 08 Profile: Sherry Foti

Name: Sherry Foti
Age: 43
Born: I was born in Fairbanks Alaska, but lived in Ebensburg PA (outside of Pittsburg)
Current Digs:  Roanoke
Occupation:  Teacher for Roanoke County Schools
Favorite part about the job:  The daily opportunity to touch and change the lives of young people.
Your first job ever?   Retail: Carter’s Factory Outlet
Favorite book?  The Horse Whisperer by Nicholas Evans
Favorite movie? The English Patient
Comfort food? Homemade vegetable soup
What's in your car CD player right now?  Puddle of Mudd
Next journey?  Durango, Colorado
Favorite Virginia vacation spot? Smith Mountain Lake
First political memory?  My grandparents and parents discussing Nixon’s impeachment.
Whom do you admire and why? I admire all who are willing to speak their minds in the presence of opposition.
Best advice you ever got? Do it YOURSELF
If you could have dinner with any one currently living, whom would it be and why? Bono.  I would like to align forces with him and thank him for his amazing lyrics.
Describe a perfect day.  The people I love, blue sky, large body of water, boat, stocked cooler and world peace.
One thing most people might be surprised to learn about you?  I was in the military.
Ambition, political or otherwise? United Nations